A special role in the study of general relativity and cosmology has been played by the influential research groups led by Dennis Sciama. In April 1992 many of his ex-students and collaborators assembled to review the developments that have taken place during his career to date. The topics covered include fundamental questions in general relativity and cosmology, black holes, active galactic nuclei, galactic structure, dark matter and large scale structure.
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"Sciama's collaborators, students, and `grandstudents' provide interesting reviews and original essays--20 in all--on subjects ranging from galactic astronomy to quasars, from quantum measurement theory to superconducting strings...snapshots of an interesting moment in the development of theoretical cosmology." Science, Aaugust 5, 1994
"Ellis...shows how the revival of general relativity and cosmology has been influenced by Sciama's research groups at Cambridge, Oxford, and Tieste. He gives a short summary of Sciama's research, his passion for physics and for understanding the universe, and his care for students...Ellis emphasizes the relevance of exact solutions in gravitation and how the solutions may give interesting insights when their global properties are studied." Enric Verdaguer, Mathematical Reviews grtavitations
"Ellis...shows how the revival of general relativity and cosmology has been influenced by Sciama's research groups at Cambridge, Oxford, and Tieste. He gives a short summary of Sciama's research, his passion for physics and for understanding the universe, and his care for students...Ellis emphasizes the relevance of exact solutions in gravitation and how the solutions may give interesting insights when their global properties are studied." Enric Verdaguer, Mathematical Reviews grtavitations
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This volume records the review meeting celebrating the 65th birthday of Dennis Sciama. The topics covered include fundamental questions in general relativity and cosmology, black holes, active galactic nuclei, galactic structure, dark matter, and large scale structure.
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There has been a tremendous growth in the understanding of General Relativity and of its relation to experiment in the past 30 years, resulting in its transformation from a subject in the doldrums on the periphery of theoretical physics, to a subject with a considerable experimental wing and and many recognised major theoretical achievements to its credit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
galaxy distribution functions, optical reference geometry, isotropic singularities, inertial detector, isotropic singularity, tensor hypothesis, pure general relativity, causal violations, linear dilaton, anisotropic cosmologies, decaying neutrinos, dilaton field, multifractal scaling, black hole explosions, cosmic censorship hypothesis, scaling indices, collapsing object, spinor structure, black hole solution, twistor theory, galactic astronomy, galaxy counts, decay photons, scaling index, apparent horizon Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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There has been a tremendous growth in the understanding of General Relativity and of its relation to experiment in the past 30 years, resulting in its transformation from a subject in the doldrums on the periphery of theoretical physics, to a subject with a considerable experimental wing and and many recognised major theoretical achievements to its credit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
galaxy distribution functions, optical reference geometry, isotropic singularities, inertial detector, isotropic singularity, tensor hypothesis, pure general relativity, causal violations, linear dilaton, anisotropic cosmologies, decaying neutrinos, dilaton field, multifractal scaling, black hole explosions, cosmic censorship hypothesis, scaling indices, collapsing object, spinor structure, black hole solution, twistor theory, galactic astronomy, galaxy counts, decay photons, scaling index, apparent horizon Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, Dennis Sciama, New York, Cosmological Principle, Quantum Grav, Quintessential Trinkets, Mathematical Physics, World Scientific, Nuovo Cimento, Oxford University Press, Albert Einstein, Physical Review, Academic Press, Einstein-de Sitter, Lecture Notes, Stephen Hawking, Penrose's Weyl, Phys Rev, Plenum Press, Real Tunneling Geometry, Annals of Physics, Clarendon Press, Class Qu Grav, Comments Astrophys, Fred Hoyle New!
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- General Relativity by Robert M. Wald on 4 pages
- Modern Cosmology (Cambridge Science Classics) by D. W. Sciama on 4 pages
- The Physical Foundations of General Relativity (Science Study) by D.W. Sciama on page 235, page 247, and page 312
- The Nature of the Universe. by Fred. Hoyle on page 135, and page 314
- General Relativity: An Introduction to the Theory of the Gravitational Field by Hans Stephani in Front Matter, and page 38
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- Cosmology and Controversy by Helge Kragh in Back Matter
- The Problem of God in Modern Thought by Philip Clayton on page 338
- Intuition: The Inside Story: Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Robbie Davis-Floyd on page 119
- Intuition: The Inside Story: Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Robbie Davis-Floyd on page 119
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